Parents of the HS Class of 2016 (Part 1)

Thank you all for your support, and good wishes. The test is over and I think I did well.

@texaspg - that is very helpful to know!! Princeton gave us a ā€œdoableā€ offer. DS just got a LL from Yale, but I had figured Y was known for being stingier than P. If DS loves his visit at YES-W, do you think Y would match P? I’m still betting that P will remain his first choice, but who can tell with this crazy process! And don’t worry, we are 100% grateful even to have the options and be in this position!!! The system is so very random.

@readingclaygirl - Yay!! Let us know when you get the good news that you passed, too. :slight_smile:

Thank you! And I will! @fretfulmother

@LKnomad -great news for your son, now let’s hope he is well soon!

@readingclaygirl Good to hear it went well. D had a math midterm yesterday and is optimistic too.

@fretfulmother we have a simple financial situation too and it took us longer to do our taxes than to do the FAFSA. But MAN, was it annoying!

I’m sure you did great @readingclaygirl

I had filled in most of FAFSA & CSS but, need to review 1 more time before we hit the submit button. Not in much of a rush as our EFC is something more than we would consider forking over & DS has accepted our frugalness. :wink:

Thank you @sseamom Hope your D did well. @LKnomad I’m very glad to hear the school situation is working out. Get Well Soon S!

@fretfulmother, congrats to your son on another acceptance (to come, I suppose!)

@fretfulmother Congratulations!

Thank you @GoodGrief16 @Ballerina016 !!

@fretfulmother yes Yale should match Princeton’s offer and vice versa. Dartmouth will also offer to match an offer from another Ivy.

Congratulations @fretfulmother !!

If there was an acceptance I was clueless about congrats @fretfulmother ! <:-P

D has today off and just called me–her #1 choice emailed her and she is ACCEPTED1! I haven’t mentioned names much on this forum but her top choice has been the same school all along-it’s Fisk University in Nashville. The actual paperwork has not yet arrived so we will still need to see if any merit (there should be some) and/or FA (also should be some) comes through. Her second choice, Hampton, in VA has already accepted her with what amounts to a full R & B scholarship. If we can get close to that at Fisk, D is a go.

That makes 8 for 8 acceptances, with two left to go, but I think it no longer matters what they say. They were both last-minute add-ons. The only thing that might upset the order now is a full ride at one of her other top choices. But those are hard to come by. I’m so glad the waiting on Fisk is OVER.

@sseamom Congrats to your D on the acceptance to Fisk! Nashville is a beautiful city and a wonderful location to go to school.

Thank you @Sophomore1 @readingclaygirl ! Yes, DS got a likely call/website, letter to come from Yale yesterday, with an invitation to ā€œYES-Wā€ which is very flattering and exciting. That event seems like it will be amazing regardless of where he ends up enrolling, from what I can tell!

Congrats to your daughter @sseamom . Well earned and well deserved . Time to breathe and celebrate!

Fisk is a great school and so is Hampton. I have friends who attended both and had great experiences. Congratulations!

Congrats @fretfulmother and @sseamom! Hope today brings more good news for this group.

Congrats @sseamom !